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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183947
ISBN
9780141183947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Jo Stoyle is afraid of death. But Stoyle is also a millionaire, and so he pours his riches into scientific research, desperate to find the secret of immortality. This ruthless quest will enmesh everyone around him in a web of greed, seduction, murder and debasement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870355
ISBN
9781784870355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome's After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496225
ISBN
9781847496225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise). Translator(s): McGuinness, Patrick; Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology, further reading. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447637
ISBN
9780140447637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-siecle novel anticipating many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarme and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by a critically up-to-date introduction and indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. Editor(s): White, Nicholas. Translator(s): Mauldon, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555116
ISBN
9780199555116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Paperback of the eagerly awaited 20th Agatha Raisin title with a brand new cover style. Series: Agatha Raisin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Constable
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472121448
ISBN
9781472121448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes' enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
12th printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432107
ISBN
9780140432107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.46

Paperback. When Agnes's father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living - as a governess. Working for the Bloomfields, her enthusiasm is soon dampened by isolation and the cruelty of the children in her charge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872397
ISBN
9781784872397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812967135
ISBN
9780812967135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.16

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 146. Quarter leather over blue cloth boards. Gold gilt and blue impressed design on spine. Frontispiece and prints present thorughout. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise fine in slip case. Slip case has some shelf wear and discolouring but remains very good overall
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0007317
ISBN
9780007449453
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. In Agnes Grey Anne Bronte drew on her own experiences as a governess, trying to cope with unmanageable children with little respect from her employer. It combines a wonderful study of Victorian responses to children with a story of romantic love, and this new edition does full justice to its fictional as well as its autobiographical qualities. Editor(s): Inglesfield, Robert; Marsden, Hilda. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199296989
ISBN
9780199296989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.87

Paperback. An expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century, Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KRA0010351
ISBN
9781853262166
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Moore, Michael F. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177235
ISBN
9781590177235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Rokkan, Elizabeth. Series: The Alberta Trilogy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
NEW TRA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780720612639
ISBN
9780720612639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183831
ISBN
9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardcover. A tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world. Illustrator(s): Jansson, Tove. Num Pages: 112 pages, 12 colour and 50 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854379573
ISBN
9781854379573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.76

Hardcover. Published in association with the National Museum of Mathematics, New York. Illustrator(s): Dali, Salvador. Editor(s): Burstein, Mark. Num Pages: 136 pages, 19 color illus. 5 halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
150th Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170022
ISBN
9780691170022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.71

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA; YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621589
ISBN
9781909621589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.95

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA; YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621572
ISBN
9781909621572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.09

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302047
ISBN
9780007350827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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